Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-06-24
State 1lepS.

tACuIslOD VI lllt vermont
Press association will be to Nantucket.
July l2-15.
W. X. Munson of Hardwick was in
stantly killed by stick of timber falling
on him while helping to raise a building.
Enos Gillett of Hartford, a well-to-do
farmer, was found dead in his bed Satur-
day morning. Heart disease was the
cause of death.
The hay crop in Windsor county prom
ises to be more than average quality and
neutrality-suspicious. exceeding in both re-
spects the crops of 1856.
Sunday morning, at Swanton. fire de-
stroyed Prouty's planning mill, the Harris
bottling establishment and Iarble's ten
ement and damaged the covered bridge
$500, a total loss of $4,000. The insurance
is unknown.
The Bennington county grand jury
found eighteen indictments. Hollis Il.
Wood of Pownal, who was indicted for
perjury in making out and swearing to
his inventory for the years 1883. 1851 and
lSS5, appeared and gave bail in the sum
of $1,000.
The Vermont Christian Messenger
conceded TO be the Methodist State organ
but receiving beggarly support from
that acknowledgement at Swanton
for a year or two by c. c. Morse. is to be
absorbed into lions Herald of Boston.
July |.
Mrs. c. b. Hotchkiss and her daughter.
Mrs. Porter. and Misses Myra and Cora
Hotchkiss. all of New York. spending the
summer at West Randolph, were thrown
from a carriage Friday. and it is feared
that Mrs. Porter was dangerously in
iured.
The Lyndon Union says They had
sugar on snow at sugar party in East
Gilmore June = The party was held in
the church and the snow came from F. B.
Morse's sugar place. Another sugar
party has been appointed for July /. and
Mr. Morse agrees to furnish the snow.
Thos. O'Brien of West Rutland got
drunk in Rutland. the other day. went to
the Bates House and asked for a room
was given one in the fourth story and
managed to fall out of the window into
the court below. He WA, not found
dead, but except one or two slight iniu-
les he was intact. having fallen four
stories into OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES wag-
on with some hay in the bottom which
broke his fall.
Robert Fitton of Cavend,h. who was
arrested at Walpole. y. H.. MAY Is. and
taken to Woodstock on charge of con-
tempt of court. pleaded guilty and was
sentenced Thursday to pay fine of $500.
and to be imprisoned in the Windsor
county Jail for 30 days. He took from
the county clerk by force an affidavit
of his own making which was said to be
forgery. and which was wanted by the
states attorney for use against him in
the prosecution of Il charge of forgery
The Windsor court adjourned without
day Friday. Like the Massachusetts
general court. saws Woodstock CORE
spondent, it took it long time to do
little. The new entries of the late term
were the least in numbers and impor-
tance for over GO years. There We're only
t. new entries in all-of these. 81 on
civil causes. II divorce cases and ) Grim
inal cases. At the late term Il divorce
cases were heard and divorces granted in
them all There were six trials by jury
and verdicts in them all
\ new Episcopal school for girls is to
be built at Rock Point in connection with
the Episcopal institute at Burlington at a
cost of 5000. At the time the institute
was built $1,000 was set aside for a girls
department which has grown till it now
amounts to 1000. The late John p.
Howard added 100000 to this for the
erection of Il building provided that S40.-
900 be raised for the school. This has
been accomplished through the liberality
of Burlington citizens. an executive COM
mittee has been chosen and work on the
new edifice will be at once begun.
Friday, rs the New York express on
the Bennington railroad approached Man
chester station George W. Renlo. a French
lad aged II years. threw cobble stone
through il passenger coach window. Miss
Anna NJ. Seaver of NOrthboro', Mass. re-
ceived severe face wounds and eX-Gov.
Sprague, who was sitting opposite. caught
the missile. The Bennington and Rut-
land railway officials caused Renlo's
arrest Immediately. and Saturday morn
ing he was committed to the House of
Correction at Rutland till the next June
term of court. Bail was fixed at $1,000.
When X. II. Clark, the assistant town
clerk of Rutland, went into the vault at
tached to the office, Saturday morning,
and struck a match to light the gas ter
rifle explosion took place. The heavy
iron door to the vault was torn from its
hinges by the force of the current, near
" doubled, then thrown against the
wainscOting on the south side of the
room, tearing that into splinters. The
big desk and tables in the room were
turned around and thrown with great
force against the front doors. The glass
in the transom was shattered as well As
that in the doors, and pieces of wood and
glass were picked up in the road - feet
away. Mr.. Clark was fortunately out of
the current of the explosion, but was
badly burned.
Daniel O'COnnell of Stamford, Ben
nington county, while looking for cattle
Friday, accompanied by his dog,
heard a noise in the bushes near by, and
turning saw large bear coming toward
him. O'Connell was unarmed, and rum
ming for tree, grasped a lower limb,
when the bear caught him by the foot,
decorating the calf of the leg badly.
O'Connell broke away and got into the
tree, the bear this time following him.
Both went out on a small limb, which